English > electrical engineer: 1 sense > noun 1, person | Meaning | A person trained in practical applications of the theory of electricity. |
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| Instances | Bush, Vannevar Bush | United States electrical engineer who designed an early analogue computer and who led the scientific program of the United States during World War II (1890-1974) |
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| De Forest, Lee De Forest, Father of Radio | United States electrical engineer who in 1907 patented the first triode vacuum tube, which made it possible to detect and amplify radio waves (1873-1961) |
| Dolby, Ray M. Dolby | United States electrical engineer who devised the Dolby system used to reduce background noise in tape recording |
| Heaviside, Oliver Heaviside | English physicist and electrical engineer who helped develop telegraphic and telephonic communications |
| Kennelly, A. E. Kennelly, Arthur Edwin Kennelly | United States electrical engineer noted for his work on the theory of alternating currents |
| Marconi, Guglielmo Marconi | Italian electrical engineer who invented wireless ... / wireless telegraphy and in 1901 transmitted radio signals across the Atlantic Ocean (1874-1937) |
| Siemens, Ernst Werner von Siemens | German electrical engineer (1816-1892) |
| Sinclair, Clive Sinclair, Sir Clive Marles Sinclair | English electrical engineer who founded a company that introduced many innovative products (born in 1940) |
| Steinmetz, Charles Proteus Steinmetz | United States electrical engineer and inventor (born in Germany) (1865-1923) |
| Tesla, Nikola Tesla | United States electrical engineer and inventor (born in Croatia but of Serbian descent) who discovered the principles of alternating currents and developed the first alternating-current induction motor and the Tesla coil and several forms of oscillators (1856-1943) |
| Thomson, Elihu Thomson | United States electrical engineer (born in England) who in 1892 formed a company with Thomas Edison (1853-1937) |
| Broader | engineer, applied scientist, technologist | A person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems |
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| Spanish | ingeniero electricista |
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| Catalan | enginyer electricista |
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